Worried Sick : A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America /

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At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, Nortin Hadler urges that before we commit to paying for whatever pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment tell us we need, American consumers need to adopt an attitude of skepticism and arm themselves wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hadler, Nortin M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Older people > Medical care.
Medical policy.
Medical care > Utilization.
Medical care.
Health care reform.
Health promotion.
MEDICAL > Physician & Patient.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
Promotion de la sante.
Politique sanitaire.
Services de sante > Reforme > États-Unis.
Soins medicaux > Utilisation > États-Unis.
Personnes âgees > Soins medicaux > États-Unis.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Unnecessary Procedures > statistics & numerical data
Health Promotion
Health Policy
Health care reform > United States.
Medical care > Utilization > United States.
Older people > Medical care > United States.
Medical policy > United States.
Medical care > United States.
United States.
United States
Popular Work
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, Nortin Hadler urges that before we commit to paying for whatever pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment tell us we need, American consumers need to adopt an attitude of skepticism and arm themselves with enough information to make some of their own decisions about what care is truly necessary. Each chapter of Worried Sick is an object lesson regarding the uses and abuses of a particular type of treatment, such as mammography, colorectal screening, statin drugs, or coronary stents. By learning to.
Notas:"A Caravan book"--Title page verso
Descripción Física:1 online resource (392 pages).
ISBN:9781469602233

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